http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Outdoors 60 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:03:21 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1323854.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1323854.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Two years ago, friends Candy Basilius and Gen Gibson were training for the Miami Marathon when they came up with the idea to create a long-distance race for Key Largo. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322271.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322271.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For NASCAR fans who love to fish -- has Darrell Gwynn got a deal for you! <p/> For the eighth year in a row, the paralyzed former race-car driver plans to raise money for his foundation to cure paralysis by holding the Hot Rods and Reels Fishing Tournament on the infield lake at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 21. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322269.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322269.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST It was bound to happen.<p/> Well-known South Florida wildlife wrangler Manny Puig was seriously injured while handling a venomous Western diamondback rattlesnake during a September taping of his Outdoor Channel television show Savage Wild. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322268.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322268.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One of the angling downsides of the unseasonably warm weather this fall is the fizzling of the annual mullet run along southeast Florida's beaches. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317418.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317418.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ST. PETERSBURG -- In his 13-year career as a light-tackle fishing guide in Tampa Bay, captain Rob Gorta has caught and released redfish up to 42 inches. The 38-year-old former U.S. Coast Guardsman has appeared on several popular outdoors TV shows, helping famous hosts such as Mark Sosin, Shaw Grigsby and Byron Velvick to big catches. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317419.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317419.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The IGFA has begun a new session of the ``School of Sportfishing'' through Dec. 15. Instructors include captains Ron Hamlin, Tony DiGiulian, Karl Anderson, Josh Brown and Bouncer Smith on topics such as billfishing, wahoo, marine electronics and more. All classes are held Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fee is $100 for IGFA members; $150 for nonmembers. Reservations are required. E-mail jmackin@igfa.org or call 954-924-4340. To register online, go to igfa.org/sosform.asp. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317414.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317414.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST BEST BET<p/>Captain Dave Kostyo of Knot Nancy Fishing Charters out of TNT Marina in Keystone reported mullet were migrating through Haulover Inlet and large tarpon were exploding on the helpless mullet, and along the beaches there was sporadic action on Spanish mackerel, offshore a few kingfish on the reef and dolphins migrating south on the edge. . . . Captain Ryan McBride of Conched Out Fishing Charters out of Fort Lauderdale says sailfish have been his main target from Palm Beach south to Fort Lauderdale. McBride reported the sailfish have been chasing ballyhoo schools and small bonitos and tunas, and his clients have averaged three to six bites from sailfish per four-hour charter. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1309942.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1309942.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT A zero-emission motor yacht, a superyacht built by the first Western shipyard in China and a flats skiff that doubles as a duck boat are among the varied watercraft on display at the 50th anniversary Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show on Sunday and Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1310634.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1310634.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT Everglades National Park officials have proposed a pole-and-troll zone in Snake Bight -- a popular, shallow-water fishing area in Florida Bay near Flamingo, and they want to know what anglers think about it. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1309313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1309313.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT John Marshall, 39, of Miami finished the Ford Ironman World Championship Triathlon on Oct. 10 in Kona, Hawaii. It marked his second time competing and completing the most prestigious ironman. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1305461.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1305461.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT If you are going to kick out $35 million for a superyacht at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show that runs Thursday through Monday, what's another $2 million for a two-passenger submarine on the deck? http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1305857.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1305857.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Captain Lou Brubaker out of Islamorada reported catches of 25 or more Spanish mackerel in less than two hours fishing the Gulf, along with tripletail that are holding next to buoy markers. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1305864.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1305864.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The ``Florida Sportsman Magazine Radio Live'' program will broadcast its final show Saturday on WMCU (1080 AM). Co-host captain Alan Sherman said the long-running, live radio fishing show fell victim to the faltering South Florida economy. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1303619.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1303619.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The man credited with popularizing sport fishing art and putting the proceeds to work for worldwide fisheries conservation was honored by a large crowd of his peers in a gala ceremony Tuesday night in Dania Beach. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1301630.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1301630.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Renowned marine wildlife artist and conservationist Guy Harvey will be inducted into the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame on Tuesday in Dania Beach. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1298641.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1298641.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Inside every nymph-casting, freshwater fly-fisherman lurks the desire to catch something bigger than a 12-inch brown trout. If he or she is honest, like captain Bill Baldus, the fly-fisherman will admit that catching big fish on fly in saltwater is an ultimate goal. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1298640.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1298640.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Conservationists far outnumbered commercial fishermen at a public workshop Tuesday in Dania Beach on whether to ban the take of lemon sharks in Florida waters. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1298639.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1298639.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT NOAA Fisheries on Saturday shut down all recreational harvest of amberjack in Gulf federal waters -- more than nine miles from shore -- through the end of 2009. The agency issued a news bulletin saying recreational fishers have met their annual quota of 1,368,000 pounds, so no amberjack can be harvested through Dec. 31. The federal closure also applies to charter and headboats fishing in Gulf state waters. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1294362.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1294362.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT BEST BET<p/>Captain Charlie Conner of FishTales Charters out of Port St. Lucie reported a bounty of baitfish in the river, and the fish are gorging on these baitfish. Lots of sea trout are biting on the grass flats, and the big news is that pompano have moved into the river and can be found in three to six feet of water along the edges of the flats. The pompano are eating live shrimp, pompano jigs and sand fleas. Some big snook are holding around the docks, and in the inlets, snook and large tarpon are biting at night, redfish have been in the Round Island south to Midway Road and loads of ladyfish and jacks are available. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1294364.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1294364.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. -- Floating down the Upper Gauley River toward the inaptly named Pillow Rock, the lyrics of an old punk rock song reverberate through my helmet-clad brain: ``This ain't no party; this ain't no disco; this ain't no foolin' around.''